Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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I ran into Aaron in the hospital lobby, and he was carrying a bag that looked like it was packed with ointments.

"Where's Lena?" I asked, skipping over any formalities. Calling him "Mr. Ace" felt too stiff, and "Uncle Aaron"? Yeah, no. He wasn't much older than me or Lena, so that was a hard pass.

"She's upstairs getting checked," Aaron replied, glancing at his watch. "She should be done by now."

"I'll go check on her," I said, heading toward the elevators.

"Wait." Aaron held out the bag. "Her wrists and ankles are bruised. Use this."

I took the bag. "You're not coming up?"

"No," he said. "I'll wait in the car. When Gabriel and Carol are done, can you help send

them downstairs?"

He meant Lena's parents.

His response left me confused, but since we weren't close, I didn't want to pry.

asking,

wasn't hard if you really wanted to

right. Nate and I had been tearing the city apart

Lena more than the rest

long coat sweeping dramatically behind him. Not gonna lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's floor, I spotted her with Nate. And yeah, it clicked immediately why

and pouted

her. "Guess it's true-after chaos comes

off some of

I said with a smile, "you guys should head home and rest. Mr.

Gabriel said, giving Lena a worried glance.

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there wasn't much else they

Plus, it gave Lena and Nate some time

it,"

Aaron had sent up. "Here, her uncle says to make sure

they left, still fussing over Lena like moms do. I closed the door behind them,

"We're lucky Aaron was there. If

trailed off, and I could only nod. Lucky,